Best-selling
author Jeanne Bendick takes us for another informative—and
amusing—journey into places and events of long ago. Herodotus and the
Road to History, written in the first person, details the investigative
journeys of Herodotus—a contemporary of the Old Testament prophet
Malachi—as he takes ship from Greece and voyages to the limits of his
own ancient world. His persistence, amidst disbelief and ridicule, in
the self-appointed task of recording his discoveries as “histories” (the
Greek word meaning “inquiry”), means that today we can still follow his
expeditions into the wonder and mystery of Syria, Persia, Egypt and the
“barbaric” north. Jeanne Bendick's lucid text, humorous illustrations
and helpful maps entertain and instruct as they open the way for readers
young and old to once again join Herodotus . . . on the road to
history.